THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1944
PAGE THREE
Young Waitress
Admits Slaying
Boy in Yakima
Yakima, Wash., Dec. 26 IP
Virginia Ivey, 19-year-old waitress
whom police had sought for more
than a month for the slaying of
five -year 'old Virgil (Butchy)
Langley whose foster parents had
left him in her care, calmly ad
mitted today that she killed the
ooy with a wine home after re
turning from a party.
"He had gotten out of his bed
and he refused to go back," she
told Deputy Prosecutor Lincoln
Shropshire, whosaid she would
be arraigned, probably today, on
first degree murder charges. The
slaying occurred in her apart
ment at Toppenish, Wash.
. Miss Ivey was arrested at Port
land, Ore., Christmas eve in a
hotel where she was working as
a chambermaid. Authorities had
picked up her trail twice before
and missed her by a matter of
minutes as she moved on. She
said she had been on the verge
of giving herself up several times.
Cares for Boy
Miss Ivey said she agreed to
look after the boy when his foster
mother, Mrs. Grace Langley, went
to Mullen, Idaho, to work. His
foster father, Virgil Langley, was
working in California, she said.
The Langley's had reared the
child since Infancy, although they
had never legally adopted him,
she said.
The blonde, mild-mannered
waitress said she had never
spanked or mistreated the child
until the fatal beating on Novem
ber 22. She said she had been in
love with his dark, curlj; brown
hair, and healthy, childish1 enthu
siasm. Miss Ivey, who police said
had been picked up in Spokane
several times on morals charges,
showed the effect of her month
of flight. She was nervous and
her finger-nails were chewed to
the quick.
Tells Story
"I guess I became angry with
him and hit him with a wine bot
tle," she told Shropshire. "He
yelled and I guess I became scared
that the others in the apartment
house would be awakened, and I
hit him again. He was standing
in the middle of the floor and
after he yelled I hit him some
more. He sat down and I hit him
again. Finally he rolled over on
the floor and lay still."
She said she picked up the boy
and carried him to his bed. Then
she went back to the living room
and began writing a note telling
' of the slaying, a note which was
never finished.
When police, summoned by
neighbors, entered the apartment,
they found a blood-smeared piece
of paper which said: "I put Butch
to bed . . . now find . . ."
Tells Mother
Miss Ivey had fled.
"I went to my mother's home
and told her about it,-then I went
to the edge of town and hitch
hiked a ride to Yakima," she said.
She went to a picture show in
Yakima, then almost gave herself
up as she walked by the court
house on her way to the edge of
town to hitch a ride to Seattle.
"As I went by the courthouse
I nearly went into the sheriff's
office and confess, but I got
scared and went on," she said.
Authorities said they expected
her to plead guilty to the murder
charge.
no idav Accidents
Claim 276 Lives
(!iy United PrnuO
Weekend holiday accidents had'
accounted for more than 276
deaths throughout the nation to
day, more than two-thirds of them
the result of traffic mishaps in
38 different states.
Heaviest toll was registered in
California, where highway mis
haps claimed 31 of the state's 39
accidental deaths over the week
end. New York followed with 28
deaths 17 of which were attribut
ed to collisions along ice-coated
highways.
A traffic death toll of 275 had
been predicted by the national
safety council on the basis of ac
cidents during previous holiday
seasons. The council's estimate,
however, included subsequent
deaths resulting from injuries re
ceived in holiday accidents.
18 Are Killed
Ten of Pennsylvania's 18 deaths
occurred in the week end's major
tragedy, the crash of a 27-passen-ger
army transport on fogshroud
ed Reese's summit, one mile west
of the Harrisburg airport. An
additional 18 dead were reported
in Michigan, where an apartment
house fire claimed five lives and
automobile and train accidents ac
counted for 12 others.
Sixteen deaths were listed for
Oklahoma, and 14 persons died in
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back from the German front. One of a lrge stock found in
Gestapo headquarters In Aachen, it is a Nazi "Victory Cap." Brandt
says that he was told in Aachen that the Germans were so sure of
crushing the Allies that they had not only designed, but had actu
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in the victory parades in Paris, London, Moscow and, likely enough
to the Nazi mind, Washington. It is flashy and cocky-looking, but
like so many things Nazi, its phony quality becomes apparent on
close examination.
Mrs. Peete Views Employer's Grave
(NF.A Tehpholo)
Mrs. Louise Peete, who spent 18 years in prison for murder of Jacob C,
Denton in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1920, hides her face with purse at back
yard grave in Pacific Palisades, Calif., where she admitted burying bodj
of her employer, Mrs. Margaret Logan.
Massachusetts as a result of traf
fic accidents, fires and falls.
A derailment of the "Viking,"
Chicago-bound passenger train of
the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad near Poplar Grove, 111.,
caused the death of one person
and injured at least 29 others.
Air Force Pilot
Returns to Bend
After flying with the Women's
air force service pilots for almost
two years, Miss Helen M. Skjer
saa, daughter of Mrs. L. M.
Skjersaa, 115 Riverfront street,
returned home Sunday, following
inactivation of the Wasp.
Entering the service early in
1943, Miss Skjersaa underwent
flight training at Avenger field,
Sweetwater, Texas, and then was
transferred to Turner field,
Georgia, where she served as a
test pilot. She then came to Peter
son field, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
where she has been serving as an
administrative pilot in multi-engine
aircraft.
Miss Skjersaa was presented a
certificate of honorable discharge
upon her release from the service.
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Officers said that they had re
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the destruction of the floral pieces,
and that they had traced the
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(United 1'rcu Staff Cormpondent)
Washington, Dec. 26 ill'i You
ever sink your teetli Into a crab
apple?
If so you can appreciate the
Christmas gift to the nution of
Carl A. Hanson, of Brookings, N.
D., who has patented (and has the
papers to prove it) a crab apple
tree which showers down sweet
erabapples.
How you go about inventing a
crab apple tree I do not know,
but Hanson proved to tne u. a.
patent office that his crab apple
tree is better than anybody else's.
Not only is its fruit sweet when
raw. But it's pink all the way
through, 'like a Texas grapefruit,
and that fact aione is likely to
revolutionize the art of jelly-making-
It's hard to come by coconuts
in days like these, but if you ever
get your paws on one, then pat
ent nomber 2,34G,358, as issued to
Jacquelin Dewitt Rector of San
Leandro, Calif., Is the piece of
machinery for you. Mrs. Rector
has invented a coconut meat ex
tractor. She described It as a mandrel
with blades, a mandrel is a handle:
blades you know about. You
squoosh Mrs. Rector's invention
into a coconut, squiggle it around
a couple of times and out comes
the meat, curled up like shavings.
So much for good eating.
The.year-end inventors have not
let this nation down in other
fields of human endeavor, either.
Consider the beautiful brooch in
vented by Clinton J. Davidson of
San Diego, Calif.
This brooch, which any lady
would be proud to wear, bears a
sign, outlined in diamonds or may
be glass, which says: "pull." hang
ing down handy is a chain,
which can be gold, or even brass.
You go up to the lady and pull
the chain. Her brooch pops open,
revealing another sign which
says: "hello. I love you. What's
your name?"
Friends, I swear it. That's what
Davidson's invention says on the
inside and you can easily see how
it might come inJiandy. I
If I had an automobile, I'd like
to have it equipped with patent
number 2,365,454, the automatic
window opener of Daniel L.
Chandlef, Salem, Mass., and
George W. Ewing of Peabody,
Mass. Too windy in your sedan?
Push a button and the Chandler
Ewlng electric motor in the bot
tom of the door turns the gears
and hoists the window down.
We come finally to the art of
Controlling toboggans. If you
ever started down a mountain on
skis with a toboggan behind you
loaded with pemmican, bonded
whisky, or other heavy cargo, you
undoubtedly were run down and
maimed by the juggernaut in the
rear.
That's what's been happening to
Avery M. Cochran of the U. S.
army, who practiced for months
to be a ski trooper in the moun
tains near Colorado Springs, Colo.
Every time he'd start out with a
toboggan load of anything, he'd
get the skin knocked off the backs
of his legs.
He wearied of this, finally, and
invented a toboggan with brakes.
This device necessitates a
Canadian Hero
Ma). David Vivian Curne,
. i.bove, of Canada's South Al
, berta Regiment, Canadian Ar-
moled Corps, has been awarded
the Victoria Cross for gallantry
and outstanding leadership In a
three-day battle for St Lam
bert sur Dives, France. He and
his force of 115 men all of
whom were wounded or killed
before achieving their objec
tivecut one of the main Ger
man escape routes from the
Caen-Falaise pockets.
motorman and a conductor. The
motorman goes in front and steers
with shafts. The conductor trails
behind, holding on to ropes, which
are hitched to plungers. When ye
yanks, the plungers plow Into the
earth, the procession stops, and
catastrophy is averted.
That solves that and I'll be com
muning with the inventors again
next year, bright and early.
Girl Is Winner
Of Yule Day Race
Portland, Ore., Dec. 26 IP-
Portland's traditional Christmas
day baby race was won by a tiny
four-pound 13-ounce baby girl who
was ushered into the world just
one minute after midnight Mon
day morning.
Parents were Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Parrish.
Second honors went to a seven
pound, eight-ounce boy born to
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell at
12:27 a. m. Competition was keen,
since 14 babies, eight boys and six
girls, henceforth will observe
Christmas day also as a tbirthday.
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Two Bend Girls
Honor Students
University of Oregon, Dec. 26
Two university students from
Bend were among an all-campus
total of 106 listed on the fall quar
ter honor roll as receiving a grade
point overage of 3.5, half A's and
half B's or higher.
Students listed from Bend are
Yvonne A. Zeek, sophomore in
Journalism, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Zeek; and Charlotte B.
"Hughes, a freshman in liberal
arts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett E. Hughes.
Woman Admits
Yule-EveSlaying
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 26 (IB
County Prosecutor Marshall Me
Cormlck said today a sanity hear
ing .would be given Mrs. Petra
Lorentsen, 39-year-old tubercular
patient who confessed she killed
her husband with the bluunt side
of an axe the day before Christ
mas because he was "drunk and
bothering the kids." .
She was held in city jail today
on ah open charge after her hus
band's body , was found in the
blood-spattered kitchen of the
Lorentsen horoe Sunday by neigh
bors when the children told them
"Daddy's all still." .
The woman, released from a
sanitarium to spend the holidays
with her family, told police her
husband, Nick, came home from
a pre-Christmas drinking session
with pals and started abusing
their three children in an upstairs
bedroom.
Picks Up Axe
Sobbing hysterically, she said:
"I picked up the axe and hit him
with the blunt side. When he ran
to the kitchen shouting, I fol
lowed him and kept hitting him."
Then, she said, she took the chil
dren to stay with a neighbor and
took a four-hour bus ride herself.
Police were waiting when she re
turned home.
Leads the 95th
Woman Receives
Five Year Term
Salem, Dec. 26 (Special) Mrs.
Katherine Gorton, 33-year-old
waitress of The Dalles, today oc
cupied a cell in the women's ward
of the Oregon State penitentiary
following her transfer here from
Madras last week end under a
five years' sentence for the slay
ing of James Roach on Sept. 23.
Mrs. Gorton, who was convicted
of manslaughter in Jefferson
county circuit court, was sentenc
ed by Judge R. S. Hamilton on
Thursday.
Mrs. Gorton was said by police
to have shot and killed Roach,
her asserted common law hus-
band, after he had allegedly re-
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Boston mi No fewer than 49,
328 Massachusetts citizens who
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Mystery Fire
In Bend Noted;
Rat Gets Blame
Bend was free of fire during
the Christmas holidays, but city
firemen this morning answered a
general alarm to the Junior cham
ber of commerce paper salvage
depot in the old Oregon Trail fur
niture manufacturing building to
be confronted with one of the
oddest fires ever called to their
attention.
Employes in the nearbv Oreeon
Trail Manufacturing company.
tziu wait street, caned ponce
when they observed smoke rising
from the old building. Investiga
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emanating from beneath the floor
which rested on a solid rock wall
foundation. Chopping a hole
through the floor, the firemen
found a small pine stump smol
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Since there was no way for a
human to get into the place and
start the fire, the firemen, with
fingers crossed, opined that it
might have been started by a
pack rat which might have been
"playing with matches." .
"Your guess is as good as ours,"
remarked Fire Chief LcRoy Fox.
It was pointed out that several
tons of baled paper on the floor
nearby were in no danger.
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